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                  <p class="p_Heading1"><span class="f_Heading1">Import MDG Technologies</span></p>



  
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<td width="955" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:955px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">This method of importing MDG Technologies into the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Resources</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> window is available but not recommended. You now download technologies into the Enterprise Architect installation directory from either the <a href="mdgtechnologies.htm#Download">Sparx Systems website</a> or <a href="access_remote_mdg_technologies.htm">remote file locations and web sites</a>.</span></p>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To import an MDG Technology you must have a suitable MDG Technology XML file. If the MDG Technology includes references to any metafiles, they should be in the same directory as the MDG Technology XML file.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">An imported MDG Technology is available only within the model into which it has been imported, not in every model you have in Enterprise Architect. To make the MDG Technology available across all your models, download it into the Enterprise Architect install directory.</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Import an MDG Technology</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To import an MDG Technology, follow the steps below:</span></p>
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<li value=1><span class="f_NumberedList">Select the</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField"> Tools |</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Import Technology</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> menu option. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Import Technology</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> dialog displays.</span><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span><br>
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<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span></li>
<li value=2><span class="f_NumberedList">In the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Filename</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> field, type the path and filename of the MDG Technology file to import, or browse for it using the</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField"> [ ... ]</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button.</span></li>
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<td width="955" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:955px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">When you enter the filename, the MDG Technology name displays in the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Technology</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> field and the option checkboxes become available.</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText"> </span><span class="f_TiporNoteText">Any options that remain grayed out indicate that no examples of that type exist in the MDG Technology XML file.</span></p>
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<li value=3><span class="f_NumberedList">All option checkboxes default to selected. </span><span class="f_NumberedList" style="font-style: italic;">Clear</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> those against resources you do not want to import, and </span><span class="f_NumberedList" style="font-style: italic;">leave selected</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> the checkbox against each of the resources to import. Leave selected:</span></li>
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<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Patterns</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">, to import patterns, if they exist</span></li>
<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Images</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">, to import graphics</span></li>
<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Profiles</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">, to import profiles, if they exist</span></li>
<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Element Size</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">, to import the element size attributes</span></li>
<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Alternate Image</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">, to import the metafile image</span></li>
<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Tagged Values</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">, to import Tagged Values</span></li>
<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Color and Appearance</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">, to import the color (background, border and font) and appearance (border thickness) attributes</span></li>
<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Code Modules</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">, to import the various languages associated with the technology, if they exist</span></li>
<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Data Types</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">, to import the data types</span></li>
<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Code Templates</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">, to import the code templates, if they exist</span></li>
<li><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Code Options</span><span class="f_Bulletlist3">, to import the options that include items such as default file extensions and default file paths</span><span class="f_NumberedList">.</span></li>
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<li value=4><span class="f_NumberedList">Click on the</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField"> Import</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> button.</span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">If the MDG Technology already exists, Enterprise Architect displays a prompt to overwrite the existing version and import the new one.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Once the import is complete, the MDG Technology is listed in the </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">MDG Technologies</span><span class="f_BodyText"> folder of the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="workingwithmdgtechnologies.htm">Resources</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> window and in the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="manage_mdg_technologies.htm">MDG Technologies</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog.</span></p>




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